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Taken

The Inspirational True Story Of One Mother's Epic Win Against Social Services
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"A story of hope against all odds"
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Right from the very first words of this book I was riveted. I felt the shock and unbelief of the devastating situation the author found herself in when her husband unexpectedly came home early from work one day and took the children ‘for a walk’, to never return. The living nightmare incredibly only got worse for this loving mother – not DESPITE working with the authorities, but largely BECAUSE of them. The story unravels descriptively and chronologically, just as ‘Lily’ experienced it, with interesting and insightful personal background info given along the way. I believe this is a powerful book, not only because it's a gripping and heart-wrenching true story, but also because it exposes huge cracks in a system that is supposed to support and protect our children. Change can come only when the truth is exposed. Amazingly, this story also showcases a conviction that there's always HOPE, no matter how dark and desperate life can get. I highly recommend it.

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SHE FOUGHT THE LAW, AND THE LAW LOST Sue O'Callaghan was one of us. Just an ordinary mum, living an ordinary life, in a nice house with her husband and family. Ordinary, that is, until the day her husband took the children for a walk and never came home. Like any mother, she was worried: Had her family been in a terrible accident? Had they been the victims of a crime? Little did Sue know that her 'loving' husband and his parents had been corresponding for months behind the scenes with Child Protection Services and his psychiatrist, plotting a way to leave his wife and secure custody of their children in one fell swoop. They did it by fabricating mental illness--hers! It was all there--documented in writing for Social Services, chapter and verse--but she wasn't ill! The diagnosis had been written by a psychiatrist who had never treated her. It got worse--officials told Sue they would seize custody of Sue's unborn baby as well, and she was forced to give birth under guard. Taken is the incredible, gripping story of a young mother who had to fight the courts, Social Services and her husband to get her children back. Sue O'Callaghan went to the Gates of Hell. And won. An inspirational true story that reads like a thriller and feels like a movie. It really is possible to beat City Hall...Taken is a must-read for parents everywhere.
Release date NZ
December 11th, 2015
Audience
  • General (US: Trade)
Pages
224
Dimensions
148x210x13
ISBN-13
9780473340728
Product ID
24501782

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